VERB | body | move involuntarily, move reflexively | move in an uncontrolled manner |
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Meaning | Move in an uncontrolled manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
Synonym | move reflexively | |
Narrower | shake, didder | Move with or as if with a tremor / tremor |
shiver, shudder | shake, as from cold / cold | |
twitch, jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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